Possible to Sit & Cut Fabric?
#32
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Camarillo, California
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YES!! I have a Martelli Ergo cutter and I sit and cut all the time. I have a cutting table and so sometimes will stand but also just had foot surgery and cannot stand so I have been sitting and cutting just fine!!!
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#33
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Keene, New Hampshire
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Except when I'm cutting long strips that I don't want to fold, I always sit to cut my fabric.
No problems with the results. I don't think I could stand for 3 hrs under any circumstances - very bum knees.
No problems with the results. I don't think I could stand for 3 hrs under any circumstances - very bum knees.
#35
I have a large cutting table that is the perfect height for cutting when standing. When I tire of standing, I pull up the chair I use for reaching items on top shelves of my cabinets. Above the steps on it is a chair seat. Sitting in it makes cutting while sitting so easy. I also use that chair at my ironing board. I find that I am doing more things while sitting. I sit at my cutting table and pin things together for chain piecing. I am so glad I learned to cut while seated!
#37
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 2,679
Huh, and I thought everybody stood and cut. I have never even tried to sit and cut. And with my luck (especially today..was trimming up a block..while I was sitting, and managed to put a good? slice in the side of my finger), I'd probably come up with even wonkier cut fabric.
#38
I have a small adjustable table that we bought at someplace like Office Depot or Staples or maybe Costco. I has just enough table top to put a med cutting matt on and comfortably cut while sitting on my couch. I has various levels that the height can be adjusted to. It works great.
#39
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Spokane, Washington
Posts: 344
My brother built my cutting table and made it a couple of inches higher than standard - it's 38 inches high. That seems to alleviate the back and neck problems because I'm not bending over as far. (My dear brother also built all the cabinets in our house, and all our countertops - kitchen, bath and laundry room - are 38 inches. That's two inches higher than standard and it seems to have helped my back problems.
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